All residents deserve safe, affordable water and the funding for water infrastructure. This requires more money, which might include state tax revenue, fees on groundwater removals for bottled water, variable utility rates and adding bottled water to the state deposit law.
Ridgway White
A guest author for Bridge Magazine.
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